SCHEDULE 1MEANING OF “LICENSING AUTHORITY”
1
Subject to paragraphs 2 to 5, “licensing authority” means—
a
in relation to an application for a licence for the storage within one site of no more than 2000 kilograms of explosives to which paragraph (a)(i) or (b) of the definition of “explosive” in regulation 2(1) applies—
i
the chief officer of police for the area in which the storage is to take place where—
aa
any of the explosives are relevant explosives;
bb
any of the explosives are ammunition the acquisition of which is regulated or prohibited by virtue of the Firearms Acts 1968 to 199778;
cc
any of the explosives are smokeless powder or percussion caps; or
dd
the explosives are to be stored by a person who is registered as a firearms dealer under section 33 of the Firearms Act 196879;
ii
the local authority for the area in which the storage is to take place where none of the explosives are of a type to which sub-paragraph (a)(i) applies;
b
the Executive where the explosives are to be stored on the surface at a mine, whether in a building or not, or within a harbour;
c
where the application for a licence relates to the manufacture or storage of ammonium nitrate blasting intermediate, the Executive;
d
in relation to an application for a licence in any other case, the Executive.